What started this recent tirade was that we were looking into entire programs - but it has been a continual battle to find good quality materials on a subject by subject basis - at least as they relate to fulfilling our kids' individual learning needs.
The homeschooling group that we are 'members' of is based at the church - and the program we visited yesterday came highly recommended by some of the more respected members fo the group. On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > eh. ID came up in mine when I was a kid, for what that is worth. > > Scott, curriculum is often used by homeschoolers to mean teaching > materials. If that what you are looking for, or an entire program? > Cause the names I mentioned before are schools, not publishers. Have > you asked at your homeschool group? > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:32 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Please note I said 'quality, secular curriculum'. The quality in >>> there is not just for the subject matter, but how the course materials >>> are laid out, teacher's supplements, etc. >>> >> >> Gotcha. So you were able to find some secular stuff, you just didn't like it >> for one reason or another. >> >> >>> And, honestly, the only subjects I am concerned with in this is >>> history and science. We use grammar books from Rod & Staff (the >>> publishers are Mennonites) and some of the example reading has >>> religious themes, but I am OK with that. I have even told my wife that >>> if the math book says 'Jesus has 12 apostles, if 3 of them go to the >>> bathroom, how many are left?' I would be OK with that. But, when it >>> comes to history and science, I prefer tah tGod and religion be left >>> out. >>> >> >> Are Catholic schools out of the question? >> >> Seriously....16 years of Catholic education, and never once was Catholic >> doctrine crusaded as fact. No Creationism in biology class...nothing like >> that. Ever. >> >> Plus smaller class sizes (generally), devoted teachers >> (generally)......price is always an issue though. >> >> -- >> I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad >> The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315934 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
